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GameThread #16 - San Antonio Spurs @ Houston Rockets - Part II




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Well, it could be worse.

Hah Kobe 45 minutes in a blowout loss

It’s so nice of you to always think of Kobe!

and Dwight dominated them for almost 46 minutes in that game. Sheesh.

Dwight was auditioning for his new team. Bynum doesn’t want to leave LA so he had zero incentive to play well.

Are you agreeable to a Dwight for Pau and Bynum swap?

I didn’t think so but I’m getting closer to being OK with it.

The problem is that the Lakers can’t really make any moves until the Howard situation is resolved or they risk ruining any chance they have to get him. (I personally think ORL would rather do anything than see Howard go to LAL after what happened with Shaq.

Is it too much to expected some defense in the 2nd half?

Caption this:

“the power of christ compels you”

dammit, i was going to say the same thing

bitchslapped!

hoeing by Jimmer

“Hang on… the fly’s… right…. THERE!”

“You could’ve had a V8!”

a winner is you ^

splitter is a starter in this league. our lineup might not allow it, but he’s convinced me.

Truer words have ne’er been spoken.

I fully agree, I think we need more splitter

we’re relying too much on TP on offense… The rockets are sure to adjust their defense to that during the break. Pop should run MORE plays for Splitter when he’s in there. Looks like the only Spur who can score on his own. 4-down for Splitter?

Last few games many wonder the same thing. Pop’s not there yet; who am I to question his infinite wisdom? Yet I sure want to!

Pop is in the fight with the Lakers for lottery picks

Once Kobe’s wrist snaps off it’ll be no contest my friend. We’re gonna get D. Howard & the No 1 pick in the draft. Yeehaw!

Dallas will likely have one, Champs to chumps in one year? Currently have the 9th spot with Dirk now out for a few games

in honor of Joe Pa, the greatest coach in D-1 football history

Better drink the rest of this vodka before it expires

that’s actually finely aged Sunkist

Can’t wait for the new Arrested!

Houston running the 21 defense and we cant beat it.

where’s my damn halftime fish?

I ate the fish

Hipuks shall decimate you

--

now make up a backstory for the fish

fishus colouritinus – the mediterranean colourless fish

this fish is mostly found on pages, badly coloured in by uncoordinated children in completely the wrong colours. not particularly tasty.

it’s like Hipuks is in the room with me, bless you sir

Duncan for Dalembert

blasphemy!

he is Houstons defense, Duncan looks horrible tonight

it’s like he’s not even there…

Still he looks better than yesterday.

Duncan looks like he is not even playing tonight.

Who chooses these tweets? Good grief.

Cheer up Charlie Brown

Kevin Love for the wiiiiiiiiinnnnnn!

♪ start a Love train ♪

1st!

Bonner/Blair – a force to be recon with…

I wouldn’t do recon with Blair, he’d LOL too much

Ha! He’d tweet too much.

“DOIN RELOLCON WITH KA1Z3R LOL WE IN THE BUSHES LOL DON’T TELL ANYLOLONE”

Bad guys read tweet and commence fire

--

Never fear, Super Nick Cage is here

Can never unsee

Why do you hate us, Josh? WHY?

that’s the best it’s looked in years…

it is … better than Korean comics. I like it.

Marcin Gortat is a pretty good fantasy pick-up.

He’s my second-best player now, post-Horford.

Leonard until recently was a good pick up.

Fantasy flaw, doesn’t track defense

Kris Humphries is grateful.

I’ve traded Manu. Should I be banned?

Maybe. The best idea is to avoid drafting Spurs. ;)

except for drafting Tiago, the ultimate fantasy

No, he’s actually been kind of a waste of space.

Pop is trying to make fantasy players lose!

I’m suprised the moderators didnt ban you from adding traded and Manu in the same post. wait I just did it too.

Someone better call a vet, because they pythons are sick!

This is unintentionally suggestive

Hulk Hogan used to own those pythons.

don’t talk about his wife and daughter like that

Paterno’s not actually dead.

Update: Paterno family spokesperson Dan McGinn says former Penn State coach remains in serious condition – NBC News

and he’ll haunt Penn State until his legacy is returned

is penn st trying to sweep this under the rug too?…

That’s the only info I can find. Nothing saying he is dead

nice board by Blair

Bonner for threee

Less Bonner more Victory please

Actually, less blair. Bonner has been the better of the two in this game

lets just play 4 on 4

REEEEEEEEEED ROCKET!

rj sucks

RJ for three game tied

reverse psychology? I like it!

Maybe

RJ! It’s falling!

RJ 3.0!

FINALLY, JEFFERSON, YOU WANKER

They say you’re from London, ehh?

This!

RRRRRRRRRRRRTrey!

finally he scores

Bonner running back makes me cry. How can he be so slow?

when Bonner makes a basket it’s like I give him a few more inches of rope. Little does he know Im planning a Hanging.

Seriously STOP Blair!! WTF are you doing? Pass the damn ball

Bonner should have speared K-mart

awesome non block attempt by big red lol :)

arm up in the air in salute as he jogs past

Kevin Martin inspires great anger in me

Dragic is still the most hateful Rocket for me

That’s why I’m glad we got him on the Rockets….he can’t piss me off anymore

your logic is flawless

Blair is a black hole on offense

But he can’t even hold on to the basketball! oh snap!

Now I got in trouble for saying that

Pop must have told RJ to keep shooting

And he needs to.

okay bliar needs to stop shooting

Our shooter miss open shots. Their make contested shots. Awesome.

Hurts so bad…

Just like that, we are down 7 again

Can anyone fill me in on the name changes of some Pounders here? (I’m a lurker since 07) Thanks.

wtf is with all these quick jumpers taken run the dam offense

ffs…why can’t we hit open shots? YOU’RE PAID TO PLAY BASKETBALL, DO YOUR BLOODY JOB!

YOU’RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BLOW THE BLOODY DOORS OFF!
SHE WAS ONLY FIFTEEN YEARS OLD

Too loud for an effective Caine.

The first one was right. But I should have used the broken voice for the second.

that’s 7 straight K. Martin points huh? can anyone tell me who’s guarding him?

I hate Kevin Martin.

me too

me 3

me 4

I’d be 5 if they didn’t have Dragic

i actually love the guy. He wrecks everyone and gets next to no attention.

I like the way he shoots

I could be playing Half-Life 2 right now, come on Spurs!

what is this, 2004?

can’t be. Duncan is not dominating.

Playing Half Life 1 here.

lucky bastard, it won’t play on my PS2

Why u no multitask?

because I like to have my full attention with you all, my extended family. You old farts (if still around) are to be invited to my funeral

Gotta hit those open shots, dammit.

it really is amazing that we’re only down by 7…

What is Blair doing!?

Put Tiago in

He is at the scorers table

Has Luis Scola ever missed a shot

not against Blair

that’s like asking if I have ever not drank Sunkist

Only when not playing the Spurs.

can I see me some splitter

finally a bucket by Blair

He didn’t dribble. That’s why

gift wrapped by TP

Bill Land arguing for the supernatural.

as ghosts can’t argue for themselves

GIVE IT TO TIAGOOOOOOOOOOOOO

TIAGOOOOOAAAALLLLLL

Remember when I said we should get Dalembert and everyone said he sucked. Well I wish you were right.

$7M salary pretty much kept a trade from working out once Dice was off the books.

right there with ya man

AND 1 for Splitter

That didn’t take long!

Split and 1!

4 of 15 from 3 point, but Anderson’s defense is so bad it’s not worth trying him?

About time they call a foul on Dalembert. That guy was riding Splitter the whole time.

thabks to his 3 sec, no basket

♪ He’s like a sex-a machine ♪

Tiagoness for layup and 1?

SPLITTER PUTTING IN WORK

more splots please.

in the midnite hour, she cried moar moar moar

Sparkles and 1

missed and 1 of course

Thank god…

Blair & Bonner is an unnatural abomination that had to end.

Tiago for great victory.

Thats it, Splitter should start and play 35 minutes every night

TTTTIIIAAAGGGOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is awesome feed him

Oh geez

Make it easy for the Roookie, runs 4 downs for tiago

the offense of champions, just ask Duncan

Spurs are doing a good job of acting?

KAWHI YOU TURN ME ON

the level of awkward in the room just rose by 70%

u r weirder than I thought

never underestimate LatinD

Is it weird to love?

love can be weird

He’s Kawhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, high above me, he’s so lovely, he’s Ka——

How many fouls on dalambert

Leonard with the dunk

I always want to stab the other teams announcers.

it is so painful listening to these guys

Cory Joseph sucks™

can we extend the trademark to Bonner?

Rookie. 1 year of college. Should be in Austin.

KAWHIBUNGA!

that means “You’re a fruit.” in Filipino.

….Oh?

Bunga = bear fruit

owned

yep

I believed you, I just wanted an explanation.

So that’s why it hasn’t caught on.

Bonner cannot make an open bucket anymore. Sigh

Well, the whole team can’t. At least the shooters, that is.

Bonner with the board and going to the line

Danny, don’t take runners and remind me of last night.

still freah in my mind

Bonner I hate you. Take yourself out.

as he cuts the lead to one

If Bonner sucks during the regular season, does that mean he’ll make a shot in the playoffs?

wow bonner has shot 10 threes today smh

stop that shit KaWhy!

scoring?

trying to “get his own shot”… he’s not all that good at handling the ball…

i like that, just stop going tragic on me… we have a point guard, almost every time down the court.

Booner for -1

Lawry from the parking lot, LMAO

Oh man, Parsons dominated Leonard on D that last play.

It would be nice if the spurs would continue their runs and not stop when they tie.

We are playing for overtime!

Give it to tiago

your forgivin for now.

Oh please give it to Tiago!

Tiago now undressing people! Line forms to the left

Splitter knows exactly what he wants to do with that ball

Tiago undressing Scola.

and Scola likes it

but easty doesn’t

Why can’t we have some obscure guy from out of nowhere play out-of-their mind? ::forgets several draft picks::

Now that I think about it, not starting Splitter might be a good thing… It should allow Tiago to close out the game.

you can start him and have him be a closer, just depends on timing of your rotations and such

but he dominates the bench. and no backup pg.

He’s young he can play big minutes IMO

He is also matched up against bensh players..most times

which is his favor

Scola sucks I hate him he’s wearing the wrong jersey

I think the Spurs drafted him in 2002. Might be time to let it go.

Sparkles for -1

TIAGOOOOOOOOOOOO SPLITTTTTTTTTTTTER

Run more 4 downs

I also hate Clyde drexler today

I hate him always

He’s easier to ignore than some

Splitter isn’t Timmeh, but he’s going to be better than I thought.

the kid ain’t bad…

Pop is sprinkling your pathetic doubt into a glass of fine wine

You mean, he’s not going to be the GOATPUFF, but merely incredibly great? I’ll take that.

he is already better

Splitter has several moves down low with both hands

faints

my lands, are you getting the vapors?

yes bonner is taken out of the game!

Yes, Tiago! This is your night!

Splitter wanted that board and he is going to the line

SIgh can Martin just miss some of those ugly shots. Those are all contested runners.

Why is neal guarding martin

f’n right splitter is a killer shut up Clyde

Clyde said that?

Shouldn’t you say, “Yes Clyde, keep talking along that line?”

great D by Splitter on K-Mart

there’s only one K-Mart and he’s in China

accept my appologies

Actually he’s back in the States – just can’t play in the NBA until March.

Tiago on D!

Leonard’s ability to rebound will never cease to astound me

Careful, we said that about Blair once.

but he’s supposed to be a great rebounder and he plays in the post

tony should’ve passed it to kpop on that litte mini-break

babys got skills

can we sign Horry to hip check martin

can we sign Horry to keep Bonner off the court?

sign him for one possession?

Come on Tony! You gotta give the ball up to Leonard. He was open twice

Martin forgot that you don’t flop when you commit the foul.

oh fuck you houston announcers, YOU’VE GOT MARTIN ON YOUR TEAM!

Calling the Spurs floppers or what?

and sarcastically that the spurs never commit fouls.

Hey, ya'll have Ginobli. He flops as much as Martin.

don’t deny that. but clyde doesn’t think your rockets ever flop. when martin is one of the worst in the league at it.

Clyde was being sarcastic. Trust me, I watch the games. He knows and jokes about his flopping.

well in that case he’s being a bit hypocritical, complaining about a spur flopping but making light of martin doing the same.

Sarcasm. He wasn’t actually complaining. We all know that we hate floppers unless they are on our team. So he is joking how we aren’t getting any of our usual calls we like for Martin. Understandable you didn’t get the sarcasm, however. Clyde is a different cat.

i’ll have to take your word for it then :)

probably won’t stop me complaining the next time he says something about spurs flopping though ;)

That's what being a fan is about!!!

I’m gonna bitch about Manu, and you’re gonna bitch about Martin, but we are gonna consider our guys “the good guys” no matter what!!

oh god, subject line!

Sorry, it slips my mind every once in a while…

You suck RJ

what happened to him?

no no no yes yes yes

Dragic isn’t fair.

Look at that ugly shot by Dragic go in. THey have gotten the roll all night long. Sucks

still no Anderson

Once you are in Pop dog’s house there’s no way out

PETA will be all over him soon

Seems like it must be a non basketball issue. His girlfriend demanding he be traded or get more playing time?

he’s dating a Kardashian?

Seems someone mentioned the other night his gf/fiance tweeting about he’d be better off in Washington.

is she completely stupid? Oh wait, she is a Kardashian

I’d think Pop might briefly punish him for that to show he won’t allow any Cousins type incidents, but shouldn’t to the point that it’s to the detriment of the team.

Ref’s these days want to much attention

Dragic times call for Dragic measures

I SAID STOP THAT KAWHY!

That was the most ridiculous flop i think i have ever seen.

Agreed

Kawhi making a couple of mistakes, and Martin being ridiculous.

TP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

martin didn’t flop. we’re the floppers. clyde said so.

so he anti flopped?

he was mauled by a spur and barely escaped with his LIFE!

Are you kidding me Martin? Seriously, that was a damn flop. How can you not see that ref?

TONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

TP buzzer beater

OH YEAH!

If i was Kawhi next time i would show Martin what a foul looks like

parker makes it!!

TP is one assist away from a double-double

WHO CARES???

ESPN, where stats tell the whole story no matter what

alirgiht spurs still in this game but there going to have to come out strong in the 4th or the rockets could easiley put this one away early in the 4th

That had to be a Rockets fan in a spurs uni if that bear would have done that to me we would have made the news I would have straight wooped his ass

Lol was thinking the same thing spurs jerseys aint exactley cheap

of course it is. the whole thing is staged. the “spurs fan” would be a rockets employee.

We do that with tons of different teams. Just something for the fans.

Let’s do this Spurs!

OOOOooooh, TIAGOOOO

Simmer down. You need to take a cold shower

Kevin Mart = Miller Lite

SEXTRAVANAGANZA!

As long as bonner is off and splitter on we should be sweet!

He will shoot that and he will miss that

Oh no. That was not a foul on Dragic. Come on refs.

shit refs are shit, what can you do.

TIAGO AND BS FOUL

7777 Sparkles

late call….seriously, call the foul straight away if its there, don’t wait to see if the shot misses and THEN decide to call the foul.

CAREER HIGH FOR TIAGOLAS

Nice pass by TP to Splitter

Omg we r winning

tied game. Mistake on the scoring tables fault.

TIago Taking over

parker has a double double

Looks like Splitter will follow soon.

MORE 4 DOWN

they were really running that for Tiago?

yup, but not enough

Finally! Some more please!

Another Tiago lay up! Tie game too!

LETS GO SPURS!

Martin is subbed out!

nice steal by RJ

NEEEEAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!

GARY NEEEEEEEAL!!!

GARY! There we are!

NEEEEEEEEEEAL!

lol @ “the meatball”

COME ON!!
:::pumps fist:::

neal gives us the lead

there you go! Spurs with the lead!

♪ With a deadly Gary Neeeeeeeeal ♪

A double serving of JTU!.

guarantee Kevin Martin gets subbed back in

Oh my this game is better than i thought it would be

its getting good

I hate it that I can’t watch…

4th quarter is all that matters :)

That’s what LeBron said

Joseph knows how to dribble but not how to create. Hopefully he can spell Parker enough.

That’s why you play him only with Tiago so you can go in the post.

dribble it until the 3 point line and dump it into the big man inside.

Yup, but he needs to get the ball to Tiago with time

He just need to give the ball to Splitter and get out of the way

Joseph dribbles too much

He doesn’t know a lot at this point.

Man, I was going to flip to An Idiot Abroad, but I guess I’ll stick this one out.

“Please sir, may I have some more Tiago?”

“MOOOOOOOOORE?”

I was about to say im not that impressed with CUJO but maybe it’s because he hasnt taken a shot this game.

You cant miss if you dont shoot

2 assists and no turnovers in 12 minutes of play… Nothing great, but at least he’s not costing us.

Please sir, may i have another?

The Toro’s pg Dentmon was named the D-League player of the week. Might be good to flip him and Joseph for a while as he’s older and more experienced.

TP with the double-double, he’s all about the stats.

so is his agent ;)

CoJo, you’re outmatched.

should be in Austin. can’t believe peeps thought he was better than TJ though.

CJ is only there because of injuries hough…

Come on Pop I know Tony is tired but Joseph isnt ready for this.

Unfortunately, Neal at PG is worse.

what are the options?

Anderson can run the point better that Joseph

oh god now Blair’s in

Oh no Blair is in. We are really small.

hopefully it’s just a minute or two and then splots is back in.

Man crush for Tiago

Its nice to see him step up. Decent game for Bonner too

were letting Carebear beat us.

52 points in paint!

Tiago out, Neal running the point sigh

Man, where IS Anderson?

Keeping Duncan company…

seriously, has he done something wrong?

No, its more that he hasn’t done anything yet.

he’s not going to do anything if he doesn’t hit the court.

I think someone may have complained about his playing time and Pop’s showing he’s the one that makes those decisions?

hmmm…while i sort of agree with the sentiment, it shouldn’t be done to the detriment of the team.

Agreed. He’s got talent, and you couldn’t even get anything in a trade if you don’t play him.

Just because his girlfriend spouted off on Twitter doesn’t mean that Anderson did. Although extremely frustrating to this fan, we’ll never know why he isn’t getting any playing time.

Leonard with three god damn offensive rebounds in that sequence

and still no points

reminds me of Blair. Tons of offensive rebound in a sequence, all coming from his own missed shots.

three offensive rebounds for Leonard and Blair messes it up with an offensive foul

How many times has Leonard been blocked?

oh Blair, stop reaching over people.

he’s tall enough to do that?

Ah! Why didn’t Neal lay it in?!

good o-rebs guys…..until that foul

All that work and we lose the ball

dalembert blocks everything

Dalembert 6 blocks :O

should be Parker and Tiago coming in

Damnit! Who the f is Patterson?!

Last year’s first round pick? Played in d-league.

Houston back on top

We need another PG

They’re making Dalembert look like Z-Bo.

shitty crap

or crappy shit? You decide!

soon to be hired to SOPA committee is Dalembert for his love of blocking

WTF, Spurs misisng, yet Dalenbert hits a 15 foot jumper.

put Tiago in dammit

ok, thats enough, bring splitter back now please thanks.

RJ hasn't been able to find his shot.

in the last 3 seasons…

He was on fire at the beginning

Maybe we should have tried amnesty lol.

maybe Pop should start spreading some rumors, scare RJ into playing well. Worked the first couple of games didn’t it?

our microball team got 4 offensive reabounds on 1 possession. still 0 points scored.

RJ is shooting like crap.

thank dog a TO!…

tiago back in please..

This is so ugly.

Fucking great. RJ cannot hit a shot now either.

HE has been playing awful for quite some time now

I havent seen the last couple of games. This is first time seeing him miss all these shots.

bring tiago back in

Tiago is probably getting an IV right now

where has jefferson’s shot gone?

no ones been hitting lately

I don’t know, but just about everyone else’s shot went with it.

why does RJ keep shooting?

Because he was open. Unfortunately.

the only thing that could make this worse is Kevin Martin

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